Jordan Baldwin x Riley Moore

Team rider and stoke spreader Jordan Baldwin has been shredding hometown hills in Dundas, Ontario. Great to see him at Swap meet and glad to see he is wearing his new LLKM shirt!

You can buy one of these T's online at:
http://www.longboardliving.com/collections/essentials/products/lblblackringert

Photos by Riley Moore

A family that skates together...

Stays together !

Big slide puck claps for Nick and Dash who find plenty of time for skating together, exploring the city and keeping fit. Good old friends from our old 74 Oxford st. location #startedfromthebottom

Great photo shot by another friend, Candid Cameraman :)

Kicking it old school

Lately the weather has been turning nice for us in Toronto. Still very cool and you gotta keep it that way. So I pulled out a Blacklock longboard from the archives to surf the city streets free of snow. When speed and sliding seems like the only way to skate - always keep a little cruiser near by and remember your skateboard roots.

In-store display updates

Our winter Renos are on schedule to be complete for April 1. What a transformation process it has been ! So many little changes will make a difference in our work flow so we can serve and offer you more and better service (:

March Break hooligans

The March break is sending lots of people into our shop to check out new gear and pick up first boards. Great to see so many familiar faces popping in. Big shout out to Blocka and Masta Myst for rolling through on a rainy Monday:

Keep it steady, balance is key

The longboard allows you to balance yourself while moving through life. It forces you to raise awareness and stay in check with your surroundings.

A lot of new riders are coming in, even now in the off season to ask questions about boards for beginners. We always recommend a drop deck because it ads stability and low and high speeds. Feeling comfortable is important to gain the confidence necessary to progress.

If you really need a handicap to get going you can even try a double drop deck, with drop through truck mounts.

Many people start riding on a pintail, the most classic surfboard style shape on the market. Our concern is that a pintail is higher off the ground and usually has some flex. Fun for cruising the board walk but less practical for getting comfy as a new rider.

Choosing the right deck is important and Longboard Living store and brand is a good place to ask questions and learn what might be right for you.

Toronto Board Meeting

The day we have all been waiting for...

The annual Toronto Board Meeting is quickly approaching.

Want to be part of Toronto's most stoked out tribe? Get a longboard, join the movement.

PUSH!

September 11th
Yonge and St. Claire
Noon till XX:00

The ride will end with a block party at College and Spadina in a rented out parking lot on the South West corner behind Glossy Collective.

LACE article published in COOLER Magazine

After a successful LACE show in April - LL Journalist, Drew Penner has spent some time organizing a publication that has recently been published in COOLER Magazine - an all female Surf, Skate, Snow, Style mag from Australia.

http://cooler.mpora.com/features/satin-lace.html



A big thanks to Drew and his team for aligning this project with the appropriate publication and getting Longboard Living's message heard.

Spreading the stoke,

Longboard Living

NEW WEBSIT

From now on Longboard Living will actively post on its website: WWW.LONGBOARDLIVING.COM ! ! !

Hey Apathy! Sign and New LL Rider

If you have passed by or stopped into the Gallery at 74 Oxford, chances are you have seen the ongoing design changes to the front of the building. While in need of a solid sign we reached out to collaborative partner and friend Mike Parsons / Hey Apathy! to apply his signature style and it looks great. Thanks Mike.


 

It was also good to have Terron Wood, a friend of Longboard Living in from New York and he decided to pick up a custom painted deck...when in rome. We set him up with the last painted board from the Jimmy Chiale 2010 collection, Adam Colton Paris 180 Trucks and Bennett Aligator wheels.

 


Thanks Mike and Terron for stopping by!

Longboarding

If you are not riding or carrying a longboard, I'll ask you if you forgot it at home.
If you say you don't have one, i'll say yet.

It's something you should have with you when you leave in the morning, prepared for unexpected dashes down the block or the 15 minute break you can cruise through the park before going back to work or class. Its the moments inbetween work and play that longboarding connects. You can catch a wave when the light turns red and just go, both lanes, just cruising.

After a busy week and a successful Black Forest Cake show with WAXHEAD on Friday, some of the Longboard Living family locked down a few laps at the park before carrying on with the evening. Here are some photos of BOZ, Flavia and Ryan.

 
 
 

Spreading the stoke,

Longboard Living

The Blue Banana Market

The Blue Banana Market in Kensington Market is now carrying Longboard Living boards from our custom collection. If you have not been to the BBM it could be considered a Bloomingdales for Canadian artists and all funky unique products.

Longboard Living is making a large effort to reach out to other independent shops around Toronto in an effort to expand and get more boards out to more people.




if you are interested in having complete, custom painted longboards by Longboard Livingin your store, email info@longboardliving.com

Longboard Living x Bustin Boards

BUSTIN !

Canada Post just dropped off a package from Mike Dallas at Bustin Boards.

We are officially stocked with the Bustin Boards Line up at 74 Oxford.

The Spliff, Sojourn, Strike, Cigar and Complex

Check out the decks at www.bustinboards.com

Come get yours,

Bustin!

LACE

Lady Artist Collective & Exhibition

(Pedestrian) Sunday, May 30th will be the launch of a new 14 Custom Painted Complete Collection from Longboard Living and a fine group of female artists from Toronto. The event will begin at 3:00pm at the Longboard Living Gallery - 74 Oxford in Kensington market. The boards have been coming in the door to be gripped and set, they look great - a whole new direction for the LL collection.

The event was inspired by a large demand from female artists to paint decks in April. I had also read a blurb in Cooler Magazine - an Austrailian board sports mag for women - about a skateboard art project in London that had some female artists. We thought it would be fun to take in the next step and have only females paint on boards you can actually ride.

Hope to see you at the L.A.C.E. show Sunday, May 30th at 3pm



Thanks to BOZ for the event flyer.

Review from BM Photo Exhibition Blogged

Longboard Living sends a thank you to Juanito Aguil for stopping by the Board Meeting Photos Exhibition to take some photos and blog the event. Here is what he had to say at http://1nitoaguildaily.com/tagged/Longboarding

Last week I went to check and hang out at the LongBoard Living Gallery on 74 oxford (DT Toronto) A very chilled out and inspiring event put together by Ryan Rubin. The new spot is home to Toronto’s own Longboard Living company, who are stoked to expand the longboarding scene to the streets of T dot, so make sure to watch out for them on the way up.
The Gallery displayed photos from all the past Toronto Board Meeting Events by Local Lifestyle and resident board meeting photographer Jonathan Nuss along with various boards and art pieces on display.
I was really stoked to see the Board Meeting pictures which were nicely displayed in B&W and after checking out the new board designs- I definitely need to get myself a new pine. To bad it rained that day too, cause a board session would have been awesome.
So if you want to know more about long boarding or your looking to get yourself a new ride check out LongBoard Living, I guarantee they know what’s up.





The photos will be in stock at 74 Oxford

Upcoming events at 74 Oxford:
May 21st @ 7pm: WAXHEAD and Friends installation and art show
May 30th @ 3pm: L.A.C.E - Lady Artist Collection & Exhibition

See you there!

Longboard Living Vancouver

There is a lot of "longboard living" going on around this time of year.

Check out this video which features Longboard Living rider Mischa Farvier while out in Squamish, British Colombia:

Michael C and his LL T

It was great to see Michael C Palma rocking his LL T-Shirt at the Super Mellow Beach Cruise this May




The SMBC happens every second Sunday of the Month at the Beaches bike path in Toronto:

Champstiles Woodburning

A few new pieces from Champstiles Woddburning x Longboard Living Collection:

Woodburn graphics are available in 3 price points for each level of detail

 
Level 1 - complete + $100


Level 2 - complete + $150


Level 3 - Complete + $200

More Champstiles burns:

 

 

BOZ Boards Prototype

Here is a lot of new designs going on in the Longboard world these days.

BOZ Boards has been off the radar for a while but I have been watching his work closely in Toronto. Did you know that almost every BOZ board is created from a new mold? Rarely are 2 designs a like, when they are the graphic art is completely original. As BOZ has a fine collection of foam molds, going into production is now on the radar, the only question is which designs will be reproduced? Have a look at a new signature board he is prototyping for BOZ NYC Rider Nate Cohen:



The board features a 1" drop and double kick tail, deep pockets for sliding and locking in for speed.

Finished with carbon fiber.

BOZ Boards are available through Longboard Living and are in stock at 74 Oxford






www.bozboards.com is being updated and uploaded in the near future.

To inquire about a custom BOZ complete email info@bozboards.com or info@longboardliving.com

Copper Longboard

The next level of design is where we are headed when curating the Longboard Living collection. The most recent piece to roll through the door is a custom copper deck by Gary Capon, a sculpture in Toronto. He designed and cut out copper pieces for each end of the board, nose and tail guards, a cross section bar on top of the deck and used copper leaf on the eye ball design. It is a truly amazing show piece and we are thrilled to add this new element to the Longboard Living Collection. We will be working with Gary to have copper cut outs available on demand for future orders.





By: Gary Capon
garycapon@mac.com
planetproductions.ca

To reserve this 42" Side Street Surfer email - info@longboardliving.com